Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
SPECIAL MENTION,

Egypt.
SPECIAL MENTION.
Dothan. The sale of Joseph oco..
near Dothan, which is about sixteen ~
north and a little east of Shechem' ~ ~
he expected to find his brethren. Tban'u
stood on a hill, with q plain south and =
of it. 1t Is now a total ruin. no.hinnh.
left but heaps of building stones whse,s
houses stood. The name means tno ~
and there are still two wells, afordirs
abundance of water, in the plain ~
south. The distance of Do,han from \
bron, the home of Jacob, was aboa, sa,.
miles, q long journey IN those DAYS e.
boy of seventeen. STANDARD Eccl. Cow
ishanae!itcs. Descendants of Ish,aa
Abraham's son by Hagar; called also
dianites and Medanltes, d~escendantsl
INDIAN and Medan. Abraham's sons
heturah. Since all these tribes, descenI
from Abraham, were so closely relax
followed the same mode of life, were :"
tinually changing their residence. and
pear here as traders; not rs tribes j,
that, too, to persons entirely unacuuainI
with them, we should not wonder at n
fusion in the application of different nam
prot. w. II. Harper.)
Oriental Mourning Customs. Read
clothes. Rending the clothes us a token
grief is u very ancient CUSTOM, and is
ferred to in the Bible. {See Josh. 4; a,
Sam. 4: II; 9 Sam. 1: IL; 3: 81; 9 ri
Q: ~; 10: 81; 10: /; Ezra 3: 3; job L.
A Jewish writer, quoted by Burder. B
that this ceremony vas performed in
following They take a lnI
and holding the blade downward. do
the upper garment a cut on the right 81
and then rend it a hands breadth. Thi1
done for the five following relatd
brother, sister, son., daughter, or wifi,
for father or mother the rent is on the
side, and in all the garments va
ing sackcloth. Sackcloth was gener
made of the hair of goats Or
camels, and was coarse and black. IT.
used for straining liquids, for sacks and
mourning garments. When used
mourning it "a sometimes worn next
the skin, which it mus have chafed bl
harshness, ana ut other times it was b
like @ sack over the outer garments, OF
stead of them. A girdle of similar m
rial confined its loose folds. Ahab, on
occa ,ion, appears to have worn sackcl
next to his skin all night. (See l Kings
27.) In Rev. 6: II, in the darkness accd
panying an earthquake, the sun is said
have become las black as sackcloih
hair" tFreeman.)
Joseph as a type of Christ. Joseph
been recognized by most Christian ind
prefers as q type of Christ: in his fathj
1~yo 81, hS~, ~ lsc 1,ai~~ oo,k -
brethren, rejected by them, sold to
Gentiles, delivered to death; in the sanc1
of his life, in his humiliation, in his !
a~ltation to be q prince and q Savior; !
~counsels OF his brethren to prevent the 1
fillment of his dreams, like the counsel
the Jews to prevent the fultillment of
prophecies concerning Jesus, only serI
to bring about Gods counsels. {Browd
Egypt and its ruler. Aphcphis was
Pharaoh, or king, of Egypt at this til
He was the last king Of the fifteenth
nasty zone of the Shepherd of Hyk'
kings. His name signifies "a giant"
reigned sixty-one years. Aphophis
Egypt by far the richest and most four
ing kingdom that had then appeared vi
the earth. 1t is historically true I'D
the monuments, and the inscrirdj
on the tomb of Joseph of Sakkara
that Joseph was sold into Egypt AZ
slave, and that he was afterward pr
minister to Pharaoh Aphophis. So nea
oil the authorities. Wilkinson puts the
rival of Joseph B. c. 1906, under Osi1
sen l., of the sixteenth dynasty. Anci
Egyptians vol. i. p. 30. But they y,
nearly agree; and there were, about 4
time, contemporary monarchs, of differ
dynasties, in Lower and Upper Egy
probably from the thirteenth to ~seventees
dynasties. Both may be right. tOsbuu
Potiphar, captain of the guard. M,
literally, captain of the executioners,
chief of the slaughtermen, because
penal infections from the king were el
cuted by the soldiers of the royal gual
The military caste in Egypt ranked next
the priesthood; and the entire force Cd
sisted of 100000 men, who we're diyid
into two corps, a thousand serving eachi
year as the kings body-guard. tHerd
ii. l74-lGS.) Potiphar was probably !
captain of n of these thousands, .ad
consequently, a man of great honor 9
influence. In the paintings Of march
and battles these royal guards are comma
~ seen to be employed in protecting I
person of the king, and are distinguish
by a peculiar dress and weapons They1
ceived, in addition to the regular income
the soldier, q separate salary, which, in
case OF b captain. would no doubt be Cd
siderable" (Smith.)
LESSON LINK.
The meeting of Jacob and Esnu was
happy one. Both brothers seemed an1id
Tor peace, and therefore reconciliation u
instantly effected. Jacob then pursued \
Journey to the west, crossing the River j
dan and camping ut Shechem. After u
ne Went to Bethel, by the command of CD
TO perform such vows as he had made VIII
nee1ng from home. Shortly after u
Benjamin was born and Rachel died. P1
sung his journey, Jacob Mt length came
4lamre, he encGmpment of his tatl|
Isaac. Here Isaac died, aged one hundF|
and eighty, and thirteen year after JOSEF
was sold into Egypt.
1he story of Joseph is o familiar one
many. The illustrations it affords of Ea1
ern and Egyptian are both !
;efestlng and full of confirmation as
holy Writ. Intended for the shephe1
HE, Joseph first comes before us as lear
ing the craft, under his half brothers, Y
IONS OF Bilhah and zilpah. He seems
nave incurred their hatred by letting t11
father know their name of life. le!
youth, perhaps about seventeen, slnI]
ana pure, he was naturally q favol1te wy
Jacob, who must now have been at lie 81
hundred years old, nor did the fondness !
age try I hide its Partially. Sad. indeea
to Jacob.
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